The Hunger Moon by Suzanne Matson
Requirements: ePUB/MOBI Reader, 736 kb
Overview: A moving first novel about the power of friendship to change lives, that will remind readers of Anne Tyler and Alice Hoffman.
Renata, a waitress, has left her boyfriend Bryan without telling him he is about to become a father. She drives cross-country to begin a new life in Boston with her baby son, Charlie, hoping to stay free of emotional entanglements and the associations of a painful childhood. Eleanor, a seventy-eight-year-old widow, finds herself gradually stripping away the layers of complication in her life until she is living in virtually a plain white room. June, a young dance student, is dangerously obsessed with thinness to mask her loneliness.
The three women, from very different social backgrounds and age, meet by chance and their lives become unexpectedly linked. An emergency involving baby Charlie and the unannounced appearance of Bryan culminates in a dramatic and satisfying conclusion.
From Library Journal
In her first novel, Matson has created an interesting triangle of female characters. Renata, Eleanor, and June meet through a series of chance encounters, and their lives become entwined. Renata has driven from Oregon to Boston with her newborn baby, Charlie. She hasn’t bothered to tell Bryan, the father, about the baby because she has decided he wouldn’t be good father material. Renata moves into the apartment next door to that of Eleanor, a widow and retired judge who has sold the family home at the request of her three children. Eleanor hires June, a young dance student, to clean house and run errands for her. Though June is a troubled recluse with an eating disorder, she and Eleanor soon become good friends. In time, at Eleanor’s suggestion, June begins to baby-sit for Renata, and soon all their lives revolve around one another. A mishap involving the baby brings Bryan into the picture and leads to an interesting and satisfying conclusion. This lyrical novel of friendship and love is very readable and enjoyable.
Genre: General Fiction/Classics
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